Badass 5-year-old girl is the feminist role model you've been looking for
Millions of people have been captivated by a 5-year-old girl's views on feminism, which she shared during an appearance on the Channel 4 show The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds. Eva didn't hold back when she explained her thoughts on gender equality. For starters, Eva thinks it's really important for girls to go to work and to vote. And, she's got no time for anyone who thinks that anything's off limits for girls.
When fellow 5-year-old, Jude, says girls can't be scientists because "they make silly potions," Eva has a pretty kickass response: "I extracted the DNA from a banana once." "Boys aren't better than girls," says Eva. "They're exactly the same." Go, Eva!
Topics Family & Parenting
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
